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  1. Notebook Explore Streaming

    Link
    https://mubi.com/notebook
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Film Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Festivals, Lists, Reviews, Streaming/Download

    Published daily by MUBI, Notebook offers a significant amount of free content in the form of Video Essays, Interviews, News and Reviews. There is a section of Features which includes some gems such as an exclusive translation of the one interview Jean-Luc Goddard gave about his film The Image Book (2019), an interview with director Nadav Lapid about his Golden Bear-winning film Synonyms (2019), and a discussion with German director Christian Petzold about his film Transit (2018). All the trailers for the films can be watched for free. Searching by film title via the main search tool is the most efficient way of accessing the site’s content.

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  2. Art of the Title Streaming

    Link
    http://www.artofthetitle.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Film Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Reviews, Streaming/Download

    An online resource for title sequence design spanning the history of film, television, conference and video game industries from the 1920s to the present. Title sequences can be watched on the site and there is information contextualising the creator and the style of each individual design (e.g. hand drawn, animation, modernist, nostalgic). The site can be searched by title, designer/studio and keywords, and includes interviews and discussion with creative directors and designers.

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  3. From the Archive: A British Television Podcast Streaming

    Link
    http://fromthearchive.libsyn.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Blogs, Lists, Podcasting, Reviews

    A celebration of all things British television from Greg Bakun, an American collector of British television programmes. The website started as a blog where Bakun would write about a randomly selected programme from his own archive. The site has now evolved and offers a series of podcasts on the same subject but with an emphasis on television preservation, restoration and missing material. Episodes so far include an interview with Chris Perry, CEO of Kaleidoscope, a celebration of Tony Hancock, which presents rare audio recording clips from his shows, and an interview with Sue Malden, the first ever BBC Archive selector. Although not easy to find, the site also includes reviews of DVDs.

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  4. I, Science Streaming

    Link
    http://isciencemag.co.uk/
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, General Science, Physics, Technology
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Blogs, Journals, Podcasting, Reviews, Streaming/Download

    This website is produced by post-graduate students at Imperial College, studying for an MSc in Science Communication and Science Media Production. It features news, reviews, blogs and a magazine which appears three times a year. The site’s audio and video resources include podcasts, interviews and news items covering a broad range of scientific subjects. A useful source of news and information for science undergraduates.

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  5. Film Scalpel Streaming

    Link
    http://www.filmscalpel.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Film Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Reviews, Streaming/Download

    Beautifully designed site devoted to the promotion of the video essay as a creative way of finding new methods to explore, theorise and reimagine film and cinema. The site provides a number of useful resources, tools, tips and tricks for the budding video essayist. A Best Practice page provides a number of exemplary videos from seasoned practitioners which include explanatory notes and diagrams. There are links to other resources, including the [in]Transition site: the benchmark journal for the in-depth, academic practice of the video essay form.

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  6. The Big Cartoon DataBase Streaming

    Link
    https://www.bcdb.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Film Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Databases, Discussion Lists, Information Sources, Reviews, Streaming/Download

    The BCDB project began in 1996 as a list of Disney animated features on creator Dave Koch’s personal computer. In response to increasing interest in the material, the DataBase went online in 1998 as a searchable resource dedicated to compiling information about cartoons, including production details such as voice actors, producers, and directors, as well as plot summaries and user reviews. Other features include news items related to the animation industry and an image gallery, which allows users to see images of various cartoon characters taken from popular films. Many films are streamed on the site.

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  7. Kermode and Mayo’s Film Reviews Streaming

    Link
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lvdrj/episodes/downloads
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Film Studies, Media Studies
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Reviews

    Podcasts from the weekly BBC Radio 5 Live film programme Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review presented by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo which features interviews with artists, feature film reviews and listeners’ e-mails. The show is broadcast live on radio, accompanied by a live streaming webcam feed; each programme is available on BBC iPlayer and as a podcast. Recent podcasts, available indefinitely, include interviews with Tom Courtenay, Al Pacino and Scarlett Johansson.

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  8. Samuel Beckett Website Streaming

    Link
    http://www.samuel-beckett.net/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Drama, Literature
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Festivals, Information Sources, Reviews, Streaming/Download, Web Links

    A visually incoherent site (a consequence of downloading text direct from other sites) which brings together an impressive amount of information from numerous sources documenting the life and work of the Irish playwright and novelist. The site lists online texts, literature festivals and events, reviews, articles, and other websites and blogs devoted to Beckett. There are audio and film and television sections which indicate when a recording or broadcast is available commercially on CD or DVD (a warning that these are not always up to date) The site also records material available in other countries and in other languages. A small number of titles are streamed.

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  9. Philosophy Now Podcasts Streaming

    Link
    https://philosophynow.org/podcasts
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Type of resource
    Journals, Reviews, Streaming/Download, Web Links

    Philosophy Now is a newsstand magazine for "everyone interested in ideas". It’s podcast pages originate from the Philosophy Now Radio Show broadcast live on Resonance FM, London’s arts radio station, and appearing as a podcast shortly afterwards. Recent topics have included Buddhist philosophy, the language of Wittgenstein, and the philosophy of human rights. The Philosophy Now site also contains book reviews, news of events and links to related organisations.

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  10. Clive James Website (inactive) Streaming

    Link
    http://www.clivejames.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Literature, Media Studies
    Type of resource
    Reviews, Streaming/Download

    Website of the writer and cultural critic. An excellently designed site which gives readers information on James’ writings and lectures with extracts and reviews. The Audio section includes his BBC Radio 4 Point of View broadcasts and features six complete series of dialogues with the Australian poet Peter Porter. Lectures given in Australia, recorded by ABC, have also been added. Poets reading from their own work include William Empson, Philip Larkin and W.B. Yeats. The Video section includes thirty-minute conversations of Talking in the Library Series 1 to 3 recorded in 2001-2. Interviewees include Martin Amis, Cate Blanchett, Jonathan Miller and Julian Barnes.

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